Mechatronics Engineering Apprenticeship
As a key team member working alongside electricians and engineers, you will be involved in a variety of tasks essential to the manufacturing, testing, and installation of electrical control systems and process systems that we design and manufacture.
Role
Working with electricians and engineers, helping with the following tasks:
Duties to include, but not limited to:
- Manufacturing electrical control panels (drilling, tapping, fixing cable trunking and DIN rail, fitting and wiring components to electrical schematics)
- Testing electrical control panels (checking electrical schematics, checking PLC signals, testing protective devices and general functionality)
- Installation of cable basket or trunking (marking out, cutting and fixing)
- Wiring of process equipment such as pumps, heaters and instrumentation using SWA, SY, CAM cables
- Piping of actuated pneumatic equipment such as valves and cylinders
- Set-up of equipment, scaling and calibrating
Training
Mechatronics Maintenance Technician Level 3/Skills England.
There are of lots of opportunities at Suncombe to develops skills into areas such as, automation, programming, electrical design, test engineering and commissioning with a mixture of in-house and formal training.
- Apprenticeship Standard
- Mechatronics maintenance technician (level 3)
- Training Provider
- HARLOW COLLEGE
- Working Week
- Monday to Friday - 08:00 - 17:00.
- Expected Duration
- 2 Years
- Positions Available
- 1
- Closing Date
- Sunday, 27th September 2026
- Start Date
- Monday, 19th October 2026
Desired Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Safety Awareness
- Adaptability
- Good Time Management
- Punctual and Reliable
- Self Motivated/Enthusiastic
Qualifications
- English GCSE, grade Grade 4 or equivalent (Essential)
- Maths GCSE, grade Grade 3 or equivalent (Essential)
About the Employer
SUNCOMBE LTD
Suncombe, formed in 1961, design and manufacture high quality critical automatic processing systems for the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and research sectors. We are experts in BioWaste Effluent Treatment, Cleaning In Place, GMPWashers, GMP Vessels, Sterile Liquid Processing Skids/Modules and Custom Production, Storage, and Distribution Solutions for validation and compliance to cGMP requirements.